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Kazakhstan, Russia - main export markets for Kyrgyz goods

31 October 2017 [17:49] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Kamila Aliyeva

Kazakhstan and Russia are the main markets for the export of Kyrgyz products.

This was stated by the deputy director of the State Agency for Promotion of Investments and Export under the Ministry of Economy, Shumkarbek Adilbek Uulu at the roundtable, Kabar reported.

The share of Kazakhstan in the export of the Kyrgyz Republic amounts to 22.2 percent and Russia’s share - 21.3 percent, following the results of 2016, according to the deputy director.

"This shows that Russia and Kazakhstan are the main partners. At the same time, being a witness of the risks that arose recently, Kyrgyzstan, is set to seeking new markets," he said.

Adilbek noted that the market of China and Uzbekistan is being studied. Namely, we are studying the purchasing power of these countries and the opportunities of Kyrgyzstan for export.

"The situation itself must be resolved solely through dialogue. There are problems that need to be discussed," he added.

Kazakhstan introduced additional control measures on the Kyrgyz-Kazakh and Russian-Kazakh state borders on October 10, 2017. The measures are taken as part of planned activities, according to Kazakh side.

Meanwhile, the average daily number of persons and vehicles from Kyrgyzstan decreased by 2.4 times at major and busiest checkpoints Ak-Zhol and Ak-Tilek after the introduction of additional control measures by the Kazakh side.

Since October 10, as many as 3,000 persons and 300 transport units cross the border daily. Previously, more than 8,000 persons and over 600 transport units crossed the border daily.

Later, on October 18, during the meeting of Kyrgyz Prime Ministers Sapar Isakov and his Kazakh counterpart Bakytzhan Sagintayev in Astana, the parties agreed to ensure the priority order of crossing the state border for individuals with personal luggage, vehicles carrying out regular passenger transportation, motor transport, and empty cargo vehicles.

To date, the issues with loaded vans remain unresolved.

During the meeting of the EAEU states held on October 25, the sides couldn’t find the solution to the problem at the state border.

In January-August 2017, trade turnover between Kazakhstan and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member-states grew 31.6 percent to $10.8 million. In the total Kazakhstan-EAEU states trade turnover, Kyrgyzstan accounts for 4.3 percent.



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